CEO & Director · Security Founder

Muhammad Zain

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I do not build dashboards for alerts. I build autonomous systems that make defenders faster than adversaries.

CEO & Director of Cygnus Ventures SMC Pvt Ltd and founder of PhishSlayer, an autonomous SOC intelligence platform for MSSPs and enterprise security teams. Over 4 years of hands-on building, focusing on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, DevSecOps, AI workflows, and tenant-aware SOC automation.

15+

Projects

3

Verified Certs

4+

Years Building

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Flagship Product

PhishSlayer

AI Threat Intelligence & Autonomous SOC

LIVE IN PRODUCTION
Next.jsTypeScriptSupabaseDockerAzureWazuhAI Agents

Autonomous SOC intelligence platform built for MSSPs and enterprise security teams. Implements a 3-layer workflow (L1 triage → L2 identity investigation → L3 forensic reconstruction) using LangGraph multi-agent architecture. Integrates tenant-aware MSSP architecture, RBAC, credential isolation, and approval-based response workflows.

3-Layer

SOC workflow

28+

Tool integrations

Tenant-Aware

MSSP design

Approval-Based

Response

Evidence-Backed

Verdicts

Build Progress

Product Architecture50%
Agent Orchestration (L1/L2/L3)60%
Wazuh EDR + Telemetry Fusion55%
Identity Chain Analysis45%
MSSP Multi-tenant Readiness35%

Pipeline Architecture

01

Ingest

Email threads, EDR alerts, Graph identity signals

02

Enrich

AI agents correlate IOCs and attack paths

03

Triage

L1/L2/L3 autonomous escalation with context

04

Respond

Quarantine, report, and MSSP tenant routing

AI-powered phishing detection
Real-time threat intelligence
EDR capabilities via Wazuh
Production Azure deployment
Built solo from scratch
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About

Engineering with intent

From web development roots to autonomous security systems.

Muhammad Zain, CEO & Director of Cygnus Ventures and founder of PhishSlayer

Muhammad Zain

Security Founder

I'm Zain — CEO & Director at Cygnus Ventures SMC Pvt Ltd and founder of PhishSlayer, an autonomous SOC intelligence platform for MSSPs and enterprise security teams.

My path started with web development and moved through full-stack engineering, cloud, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and AI-assisted security workflows. Today, I'm focused on building practical security products that reduce analyst overload, automate complex investigations, and turn fragmented signals into evidence-backed verdicts.

CEO & Director, Cygnus Ventures SMC Pvt Ltd
Founder, PhishSlayer (Autonomous SOC)
Studied BS Cyber Security, Air University (until Jun 2026)
Oracle & IBM Certified Professional

Expertise

Tech Arsenal

The stack behind PhishSlayer and every system I ship.

Core Stack

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSSupabaseClerkDockerReact

Cyber & Cloud

Microsoft AzureWazuhLangGraphSOC AutomationMulti-tenant SecurityDevSecOps

Systems

CI/CDGitHub ActionsCloud DeploymentNetwork DesignCryptography

Credentials

Certifications

Portfolio

Selected Work

Security and systems projects first. Early web development work available below.

Flagship

PhishSlayer logo

PhishSlayer

Live

Autonomous SOC intelligence platform. Multi-agent swarms that auto-triage, investigate, and respond to threats in real time.

Production MSSP platform on cost-optimized infra

Next.jsTypeScriptSupabaseAI AgentsAzure

Security & Systems

ABTechSolutions

Archive

Enterprise network architecture project with segmentation, security-minded topology, and scalability planning.

Enterprise-grade network blueprint

Network DesignSecurityInfrastructure

Pakistani Route Optimizer

Archive

C++ algorithmic route optimization for ride-share mobility scenarios in Pakistan.

Time and cost efficiency heuristics

C++AlgorithmsOptimization

Scientific Calculator

Archive

x86 assembly calculator demonstrating CPU-level logic, memory management, and control flow.

Systems-level arithmetic engine

x86 AssemblyCOALLow-level

ReelSaver+

In Progress

Android utility for fast reel saving with performance-conscious mobile UX.

Usability-first mobile utility

AndroidJava/KotlinMobile UX

Background

Experience & Education

Building security products and leading company operations.

Experience

Cygnus Ventures SMC Pvt Ltd logo

Chief Executive Officer

Cygnus Ventures SMC Pvt Ltd

Apr 2026 to Present·Kahror Pakka, Punjab, Pakistan · Remote
  • Incorporated and registered Cygnus Ventures SMC Pvt Ltd as a private limited cybersecurity company (SECP Corporate ID: 0333221, FBR taxpayer registered Bahawalpur RTO, PSEB registered: Z-25-19734/26).
  • Building Cygnus Ventures as the company behind PhishSlayer, driving security product strategy and corporate operations.
  • Focused on autonomous SOC intelligence, MSSP workflows, cloud security infrastructure, and enterprise security tooling.
PhishSlayer logo

Founder & Lead Engineer

PhishSlayer

Feb 2026 to Present·Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan · Remote
  • Architected and deployed an autonomous SOC intelligence platform for MSSPs and enterprise security teams, delivering evidence-backed verdicts to reduce analyst overload.
  • Built a 3-layer SOC workflow (L1 triage → L2 identity investigation → L3 forensic reconstruction) using LangGraph multi-agent architecture.
  • Implemented tenant-aware MSSP architecture, RBAC, credential isolation, and approval-based response actions.

Web Development Intern

Digital Empowerment Network

Jul 2025 to Aug 2025·Islamabad, Pakistan · Remote
  • Acquired hands-on exposure to frontend/backend web development fundamentals in a remote team setting.
  • Collaborated on practical project workflows, version control, and responsive user interfaces.

Web Developer / Security Builder

Self Taught

2022 to 2025·Remote
  • Built foundations in frontend development, backend APIs, Linux systems, and GitHub workflows.
  • Developed 10+ projects across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and React.
  • Transitioned into cybersecurity product building after establishing core software engineering skills.

Education

BS Cyber Security

Air University Multan Campus

Studied BS Cyber Security at Air University Multan Campus until Jun 2026, building base cybersecurity concepts, programming, networking, and software engineering foundations before transitioning full-time into company building and security product engineering.

Feb 2025 to Jun 2026

BS Data Science

Air University Islamabad

Studied early data science foundations before switching focus toward cybersecurity and security product development.

Sep 2024 to Feb 2025

Intermediate ICS

Punjab Group of Colleges

2021 to 2023

Connect

Let's build something.

Founder. Security Engineer. Open to advisory roles and serious conversations.